Coin-controlled mechanism



T. GLUVER. COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM. I APPLICATION mzuvocr. 24.1919.

1,367,371 Patented Feb. 1,1921.

@673 for WM @0772 glo er THOMASGLOVER, or EDMONT NQLQNDON, ENGL'AIVJCOIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filed October 24, 1919. Serial No. 332,973.

T 0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, TI-roams GLovnn, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Edmonton, London, England, have invented certainnewand u eful Improvements in Coin-Controllcd Mechanism, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of coin freed mechanism in whichthe coin carrier is composed of two cups arranged on the operating shaftand slotted to receive the coin, one cup being fixed to the shaft whilethe other is loosely arranged thereon but connected by a train of wheelsto the oper ating mechanism the object being to posi tivelv lock themovable cup until the coin has been inserted in the carrier and thecarrier moved a short distance, thus preventing any fraudulent tamperingwith the mechanism.

My invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the two coinreceiving cups having my invention apnlied thereto.

Fig. 2 i an end elevation.

For the purpose of my inve tion I make the two coin slots A in the loosecup B wider than necessary to receive the coin and adjacent to these twoslots or at any other part-on the end wall of the cnn I form re ccssesC. To some part of the casing I pivot a U or equivalent lever I) one legE being longer than the other and provided with :1 lug or projection Fwhich will engage either of the recesses C in the loose cnn B. the o herend G being angled or cnrved as at H and against which the coin will actduring its travel for the mechanism to be operated. so as to lift theother leg E and lift the lug or rojection F from a recess C. The lever Dis either positioned by gravity or bv a spring.

In action the lever I) is so positioned that the lug or proiection Fengages a recess C and the cflrVed end H is in the path of the coin I.The loose cup B being in such position that one of the coin slotsthereof coincides with the slot L in the can J, when a coin is insertedit will cause the two cups B, J to move together. The shaft K is nowrotated and the coin being held in the narrower slot L of the cup J, theedge of said coin acts upon the curved edge H of the member G of the Ulever D and lifts the lever about its pivot pin M thus lifting the lugor projection F clear of the recess C. During this movement the coin hasnot caused the loose cup B to move by reason of the slot A in the cup 13being wider than the slot L in the cup J and the coin having to travelacross said wider slot before engaging the wall of the slot A. \Vhen thetwo cups B, J and coin I move together the coin will leave the curvededge H of the U lever D and the lug F will ride on the edge of the cup.lVhen the cups have been revolved their full distance the lug F willdrop into the next recess C to hold the loose 7 cup fast with the otherslot positioned to recei e a coin. The coin is then discharged and theother cup J may be rotated in the opposite direction so as to positionits slot to coincide with a slot A in the cup B to receive a fresh coin.

N is the usual guide along/which the coin travels b fore beingdischarged.

As will be understood the cup B is connected by suitable gear to theoperating mechanism.

What I do claim as mv invention and de sire to secure bv Letters Patentis 1. In a coin freed mechanism, a shaft, :1. pair of cups havi g coinreceiving slots, one 35 of said cups being fixed to said shaft and theother being loosely mounted on said shaft. the slot of the latter cunbeing wider than that of the other cup. a U-shaped lever having one armadanted to normally engage and secure said lastmamed cup againstrotation with its slot coinciding with the slot in the other cup, saidlever having its other arm engageable and actuated by a coin inserted insaid slots when said first-named cup is rotated.

2. In a coin freed mechanism, a shaft, 9. pair of cuns one provided witha coin-receiving slot and fixed to saidshaft and the other looselymounted on said shaft and having coin receiving slots wider than theslot in the other cup and also having a plurality of notches. a U-shapedlever having one arm provided with a. lug adapted to enter a. notch inthe last-named cup to se- 'gageable by a coin inserted in theslots ofsaid cups to lift the lug carried by said first-named arm from saidnotch in said cup.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n presence of twosubscrlblng wltnesses.

THOMAS GLOVER. WVitnesses P. E. MATTOCKS, FRED KURTSBINT.

